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      AT&T reviews

      3.3

      52% would recommend to a friend

      (42,036 total reviews)
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      John Stankey

      43% approve of CEO

      45% positive business outlook

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      AT&T has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 42,036 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AT&T employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecomunicaciones industry (3.6 stars).

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      42K reviews
      3.0
      Jun 19, 2008

      Keep your skills sharp, but your wallet thin.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      I had freedom to learn new things. The management is open and encourages to let developers to explore new technology. If you are a geek person, try to enter the elite architecture team in AT&T lab, where you experiment all the products such as Spring, Hibernate, SOA and etc.

      Cons

      Job is no longer stable and entry level employees suffer a low salary. It all began in 2003. After AT&T outsourced many projects to oversea development center, management focused on slashing costs. The new initiative goes like this, a project is a software that has a 5-year shelf-life, so we should produce it cheaply and rewrite another version 60 months later. A valid point but wrong approach. Outsource doesn't necessarily lower the cost. Managed wisely, a team of 10 dev and 1 proj mgr in US can be as productive and cost efficient as 30 dev in Bombay or Shanghai and 4 proj mgr spreading around the globe.

      4.0
      Jun 19, 2008

      Great heritage and great company to work for but not your father's old AT&T

      Finance manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great company, well-known brand, opened door to other opportunities beyond the company. AT&T has one of the best leadership program in the business.

      Cons

      Too big, sometimes you can get lost in the mix. It may be slow to make a decision which can be frustrating. Company may encourage conformity and I did feel sometime that having a different opinion is not encouraged especially when dealing with senior management. In that regards, AT&T may seem to be too hiererchical.

      2.0
      Jun 19, 2008

      Pays the bills, Eats your soul.

      Senior systems analyst
      Recommend
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      Pros

      A large company that needs regulatory approval, so layoffs don't occur very frequently. Most of IT is salaried with flex time and not expected to work a lot of overtime.

      Cons

      Performance reviews are basically given on a scale of 1-4 where no one gets a 4 and a 1 means you are on the edge of being fired and no one receives a 1 either. Direct management gives little feedback on what you need to do for promotions. Many people in IT lower management do not keep their skills and knowledge updated because there are no repercussions for lack of performance. No conferences and very little training outside of vendor provided one day onsite classes. CEO compensation annually ranking as one of the most outrageous while the rest of the company is told to cut expenses.

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